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Does the opuim king, half Shan-half Chinese, real love the Shans and his state?
When made a question to various nations inclued Indian, Chinese, Burmese, Shan and other ethnics living across the State as does Khun Sa love the Shans and his native Shan State following to his over stated about the revolution in the past? The answer is no! similar heart to heart criticism outbursted after the death of King lord.
He died on 28 Oct. 2007, long time suuffering from blood pressure and diabetic deceased.
During his over 2 decades of living in Rangoon, he had been failing to develop the remote areas of the poor families who need to have hospitals, schools, trasportation routes and other facilities for better living.
Thousands of Shan are confronting with economic-hardship and poverty, besides they are harassed by the Burmeses soldiers almost through out the state.
(The picture shown, FaLung’s last respect to Khun Sa)
The poor families should be given foods and the starved children must be saved.
He had done nothing for the Shans although having millions of US dollar in his hand.
He is trying to do mega projects for his associates only.
He had sold Shans down the river and forgotten his State.
The world remembers that what he used to say during his heyday in the jungle, that is “We take up arms because of our paople. And what do our people say? Every of them has been saying that they want back the country which was given to them by their forefather. The selfish Burmese have made us suffered for decades.Ignorance and poverty only makes us admire other people. I don’ t grow poppies and I don’t deal in drugs. I’m working for the freedom of my country.”
The illusion of Khun Sa’s political role
He accepted the three conditons of the TRA; Anti the Burmese Government; Anti the Burmese Communist Party; and Anti Narcotics, together with it’s two phased Control and Eradication Program and joined it.
He is currently the Vice Chairman of the TRA, carries the military and financial portfolios.
Now the trafficking stopped.
The move was as dramatic as it was sudden.
TRA’s policy was naturally anti-communist. Now it was explicitly anti-narcotic. Two months later after being the joined forces, the TRA show it’s meant business by ambushing the BCP’s convoy.
The conyoy, enrute through TRA’s controlled territory, carried drugs. Along with 47 kilograms of raw opium and 22 kilograms of haung pi heroin base, the TRA armed troops seized Chinese made weapons and Chinese bank-notes.
The captured red cmmunists guards were part of a 100 men convoy of soldiers. The TRA’s strong base is situated in Maisoong opposite the Thai border village of Pieng Luang, Chieng Dao District.
Various merchants from the Shan State must pay tax here, 26 categories of marchandise on their way through TRA territory are subjected to duty.
Seized drugs have burned down due to anti-narcotics policy.
The 2 forces of the TRA and SUA had been waging war seperately against the Burmese army.
However, tax revenue has dropped as SUA has closed in Khun Sa’s network has encroached on the territory of many factions in the insurgent-ridden state.
Certainly the squeeze is on and the TRA is feeling the pinch.
Economic life-line straddled by the SUA is opening to the interior of the Shan State.
Consequently, Khun Sa has become more than just a troublesome thorn in the side of the TRA.
An economic strangle-hold has, in fect, been placed on it.
Drugs Trafficking, International Security and U.S. Public Policy
Hill Tribes: Nomadic tribes such as the Lahu, Akha and Lisu live in the mountains of Yunnan, Laos and northern Shan State. They practice shifting cultivation and grow opium. In the Shan State, they also practice traditional religions and are poor even by Burmese standards; hill tribes are dependent on opium as their primary source of cash. More than 600 tonns of opium was produced in the state yearly. Hill tribes in the north of Shan state have been adversely affected by the aerial spraying of 2,4-D herbicide over their land by the Burmese government. Provided by the US for opium eradication, 2,4-D may produce such long-term effects as cancer and birth defects. In the Shan state, the spraying of 2,4-D is said to have ruined non-narcotic crops and caused medical problems in animals and humans. Fear of the spraying is said to be causing migration of the hill tribes, and the ruined crops are causing economic hardship and further political destabilization in the vast area through the north of the Shan state. Hill tribes may be seeking the protection of the armed insurgent groups.
